Pickup Hits Parked Trailer, Killing Melbourne Driver

AROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA

July 20, 1993

MELBOURNE — A Melbourne man was killed Sunday after he apparently lost control of his truck on State Road 509 about six miles north of town, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Peter John Lord, 20, was killed about 11:30 a.m. Sunday when his pickup veered off the eastbound side of the roadway and slammed into a parked flatbed trailer, FHP officials said. Lord was not wearing his seat belt.